The Unfolded Lie CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, Christopher Hitchens is the author of numerous books, including "Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere." and

Africa Betrayed RONAN BENNETT, Ronan Bennett is the author of "The Catastrophist: A Novel."

For Whom the Bell Tolls STANLEY G. PAYNE, Stanley G. Payne is the author of "The Franco Regime: 1936-1975," "Fascism: Comparison and Definition," "Spain's First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931-1936" and "A History of Fascism, 1914-1945." He is the Hilldale-Jaume Vicens Vives Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

The Confessions of a 'Premature Anti-Fascist' BERNARD KNOX, Bernard Knox was born in Bradsford, England, in 1914. He was professor of classics at Yale from 1947 to 1961; from 1962 to 1985, he was director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. He is the author of " The Heroic Temper" (1964); "Word and Action" (1978); "The Oldest Dead White European Males" (1993) and "Backing into the Future" (1994). A somewhat longer version of his essay, the first annual Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives-Bill Susman Lecture, was delivered at New York University's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center

OPINION

Why I Don't Want Reparations for Slavery JOHN McWHORTER, John McWhorter is an associate professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley. This article is excerpted from the July-August issue of American Enterprise magazine

Fidel's Swoon and Other News From Havana WILLIAM M. LEOGRANDE, William M. LeoGrande is a professor of government in the School of Public Affairs at American University, and the author of "Our Own Backyard: The United States in Central America, 1977-1992."

Seize the Promise Held by Stem Cells MARY TYLER MOORE and CHRISTOPHER REEVE, Actress Mary Tyler Moore is the international chairwoman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Moore has had juvenile diabetes for more than 30 years. Actor Christopher Reeve is chairman of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. He suffered a spinal cord injury in 1995

Milton Miller: L.A.'s Mental Health Woes GALE HOLLAND, Gale Holland is a Los Angeles journalist."There is a crisis each week in mental health. You try to decide which of the impossible crises to tackle first."

Teens Shun Gross-out Movie Genre WILLIAM STRAUSS Neil Howe and William Strauss are coauthors of "Millennials Rising: America's Next Great Generation."..AU: NEIL HOWE

U.S. Policies in Hemisphere Precede Kissinger and Pinochet A. J. LANGGUTH, A.J. Langguth, a professor at the USC School of Journalism, is the author of "Hidden Terrors," an account of U.S. involvement in Latin America. His most recent book, "Our Vietnam," won the 2000 Overseas Press Club award